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A Prayer of Gratitude for Family
Gracious God, there are so many who live alone in this world
without family to encourage them, listen to them, support
them. Yet, you have blessed me by placing me within a human
family that gives depth and meaning to my life—a family
that offers me love no matter what I do or do not do.
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| Questions of Faith and Doubt |
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What is meant by the
grace of God?
I often think of it in terms of a statement I once
heard: "You
are accepted." You and I are accepted, fully and
totally
accepted by God, now, always, without condition,
without
deserving, without question.
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Amazed by Grace |
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What
if there isn't anything I can do for God? What if he
just wants me to lean against his face and receive his love?
What if this phantom Christian I have been chasing is just
a big distraction from resting in what God wants to really
give?
What if my value and worth to God are not contingent on
what I do? Maybe this is why I am so tired inside.
My soul has only so much energy, and the bulk of mine is being
drained through striving to earn God's love and acceptance.
What would it be like to truly know there isn't one more thing
I ever have to do for God in order for him to be pleased with
me?
from Divine Nobodies:
Shedding Religion to Find God
by Jim Palmer
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the complete excerpt
from Chapter Four
Our
Deepest Identity
Who I am is not a goal to achieve but a gift to receive, and
I'm learning to wake up each morning and receive it.
Love forms our deepest identity. God's continual supply of
love within us is the primary force shaping us, and the overflow
of that love to others is part of it.
Read more of explorefaith's
Interview
with Jim Palmer
Signposts
daily devotions for
November are written by Jim Palmer.
 Looking Beneath the
Surface
Sometimes what we are looking for is not lost at all. It
is always with us. But, consumed by obligations and desires,
we search for meaning on the surface of our lives neglecting
the need to go inward.
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